Joe Rogan Says He Warned Tony Hinchcliffe About That Puerto Rico Joke: ‘That’s Gonna Get You Stabbed’

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Posted on 10/30/2024 5:11:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Joe Rogan said he previously warned Tony Hinchcliffe about his Puerto Rico joke, telling him “that’s the one that’s gonna get you stabbed.”

Hinchcliffe, an insult comic best known for hosting the live podcast “Kill Tony,” sparked outrage Sunday when he appeared at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally and told a joke that referred to Puerto Rico as “a floating island of garbage.”

“I’ve gotta tell you, that joke kills at comedy clubs. I don’t like the joke, [but] it kills,” Rogan said on Wednesday’s episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “It’s just like, if you’re Puerto Rican and you hear that in the audience, you’re like [groans]. But it’s a funny joke. The joke does well. But I said to him, I go, ‘Dude, that’s the one that’s gonna get you stabbed.’ And he used to talk about it on stage, saying, ‘Joe Rogan always says that’s the one that’s gonna get me stabbed.'”

Rogan added that political rallies are “a bad environment for comedy,” and if he had sat down with Hinchcliffe before his appearance, he would have told him, “Don’t you **** dare do that joke.”

“I didn’t know what bits he was going to do, but then I heard he did that joke, and I was like, ‘Oh, Tony. Here it comes,'” Rogan said.

Hinchcliffe’s joke was not well-received, and it drove several high-profile Puerto Rican artists, including Bad Bunny and Jennifer Lopez, to show public support for Kamala Harris. Puerto Rican reggaeton star Nicky Jam, who previously appeared at a Trump rally, renounced his endorsement of the former president. Following the media firestorm, Trump’s campaign distanced itself from the joke.

“I think it’ll blow over, just like all these things do,” Rogan said. “There’s people that are always going to hate someone like Tony, and it’s going to make other people love him more. It’s just like, he’s going through it right now. He’s going through the storm.”

Rogan — who, like Hinchcliffe, is based in Austin, Texas — also noted the advice he often gives to fellow comics.

“I tell all comedians, ‘Don’t ever do comedy at something that’s not a comedy event.’ … Is it going to have a bunch of speakers, and you’re going to go up and do 10 minutes? Don’t ever do that. It’s a terrible setup,” Rogan said. “And it’s a political rally, and you’re doing jokes like you’re in a comedy club. Don’t do it!”

Rogan came to Hinchcliffe’s defense by calling out people like Barack Obama who have quoted the joke “like it was a statement,” which Rogan said “is really **** up.”

“You know that’s a joke,” Rogan said. “That’s like going to a Quentin Tarantino movie [and saying], ‘And then the man killed that woman.’ Like, he didn’t really kill that woman … this is a movie.”

Rogan added that he believes Hinchcliffe will “get through it” and will “come back better.”

Watch Rogan’s full remarks about Hinchcliffe’s appearance at the Trump rally below.

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